[PCB_FORUM] Re: PADs to Allegro translation

To everyone,

Ok I finally got it figured out.  Here was the problem if anyone is interested.  First problem was the version problem.  It was version 2005.0.  I just simply removed the 200 from the ASCII file to make it believe it was 5.0.   Thanks Tony!

Second problem was I believe there was some PADS specific text information that was in the ASCII file.  (maybe because it was outputted in wrong version)
This text "Regular <PADS Stroke Font>" was in the ASCII file after every text information.  I removed all 1100+ of them and everything went smoothly.

I appreciate everyones help!

Thanks,

Seiji



From: "Cosentino, Tony" <Tony.Cosentino@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: PADs to Allegro translation
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 09:03:08 -0500

Seiji,
 
Here is what I believe but you should get confirmation from others as well. The Cadence Allegro translator supports reading the PADS ASCII database versions 2.0, 2.1, 4 and 6. Others may or may not read due to differences in formats in the PADS database. I would suggest getting the ASCII database written out of PADS in one of the approved revisions to ensure the proper format. Just for reference, PADS as the ability to output an ASCII file in many different revisions. You need to get your customer to write the ASCII data out using one of the Cadence supported formats as listed above.
 
Thanks
Tony Cosentino
Tekelec
919-460-3656

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Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 7:44 PM
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Subject: [PCB_FORUM] PADs to Allegro translation

Hi again guys,

Well I got the ASCII file.  Now when I try to import it to Allegro it crashes and I get the following message in the log file:

Translating P:/allegro/tb0210799-00/docs/pads/01-200158-1.asc.
Reading PADS ASCII file header.
 Version = PowerPCB5.0
 Route Layers = 8
 Units = MILS
 Hatch mode = Vertical / Horizontal
 Hatch grid = 4.000000, angle = 0.000000, anti-pad spacing = 0.000315
Initializing new database.
 Creating layers.
Reading PADS ASCII file body.
 *PARTTYPE*
 *MISC*
 *MISC*
 *MISC*
 *MISC*
 *MISC*
 *REUSE*
 *TEXT*

Does anyone know what could be causing this error?  It keeps on crashing and I can't figure out what the problem is.  If anyone knows the problem please let me know.

Thank you,

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